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- Publication Name
- Bloomsbury Publishing
- Original Language
- English
- Type
- Novel
- Intended Audience
- Young Adults
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- 9780593729793
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Publisher
Random House Publishing Group
ISBN-10
059372979X
ISBN-13
9780593729793
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28064622091
Product Key Features
Book Title
How the World Made the West : a 4000 Year History
Number of Pages
592 Pages
Language
English
Topic
Civilization, Historiography, World
Publication Year
2024
Illustrator
Yes
Genre
History
Format
Hardcover
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Item Height
1.7 in
Item Weight
33.9 Oz
Item Length
9.5 in
Item Width
6.5 in
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2024-006039
Reviews
"As our leaders and pundits glorify 'Western Civilization' and excoriate migration and wokeness, Josephine Quinn offers a momentous correction: The Greeks and Romans were hodgepodge people, and if we are their heirs it is only because of globe-spanning connections that always produce multifarious ways of life. Brilliant and essential." --Samuel Moyn, author of Liberalism Against Itself: Cold War Intellectuals and the Making of Our Times, "Compelling . . . The book makes a forceful argument and tells a story with great verve: Classical Greece and Rome owed an enormous cultural debt to the societies that preceded them and surrounded them. Therefore, notions that these cultures are the sole and direct ancient progenitors of the modern West are blinkered. We need a new kind of ancient history. . . Ms. Quinn's book points to a possible path forward, toward a more expansive version of ancient history." -- The Wall Street Journal "Those archaic 'Western Civ' classes so many of us took in college should be updated, argues Quinn, an Oxford professor of ancient history. She invites us to widen our scope and see the influence of Phoenicia, Assyria, and India, and to revel in a richer, more polyglot inheritance." -- The Boston Globe "Josephine Quinn ranges wide with [her] broad survey of world history. The Oxford history professor shows how the West has always been remarkably global, detailing examples from the past 4000 years if you doubt it. Your high school teacher may have said it all began with Greece and Rome. But Greece and Rome knew how much they learned by interacting with the rest of the world. From Arabic scholarship (surely we all know their primacy in maths) to Assyrian irrigation, the countless examples of ideas beginning in one place and soon darting all over the world are fascinating." -- Parade "As our leaders and pundits glorify 'Western Civilization' and excoriate migration and wokeness, Josephine Quinn offers a momentous correction: the Greeks and Romans were hodgepodge people, and if we are their heirs it is only because of globe-spanning connections that always produce multifarious ways of life. . . . Brilliant and essential." --Samuel Moyn, author of Liberalism Against Itself: Cold War Intellectuals and the Making of Our Times "Bold, beautifully written, and filled with insights, How the World Made the West demands that we challenge traditional views of the past. An extraordinary achievement." --Peter Frankopan, bestselling author of The Earth Transformed "One of the most fascinating works of global history to appear for many years . . . incredibly ambitious and wide-ranging . . . allowing us to understand just how globalized and interconnected mankind has always been." --William Dalrymple, bestselling author of The Anarchy "Engaging, aspirational, and inspirational, How the World Made the West will be devoured by history buffs and should be required reading for those arguing for the supremacy of 'Western Civilization' as well as those arguing for its demise and dismantling, and everyone in between." --Eric Cline, author of 1177 B.C.: The Year Civilization Collapsed "The book traces the stories of an imposing array of different early cultures, always focusing on their relations with others and how each of them drew on their predecessors and contemporaries. Quinn makes a point of reexamining many of the familiar landmarks of ancient history. . . . Even readers with a fairly good knowledge of history are likely to learn something new. . . . A fascinating look at world history from the broadest possible perspective." -- Kirkus Review, starred review, "Compelling . . . The book makes a forceful argument and tells a story with great verve: Classical Greece and Rome owed an enormous cultural debt to the societies that preceded them and surrounded them. Therefore, notions that these cultures are the sole and direct ancient progenitors of the modern West are blinkered. We need a new kind of ancient history. . . . Ms. Quinn's book points to a possible path forward, toward a more expansive version of ancient history." -- The Wall Street Journal "Those archaic 'Western Civ' classes so many of us took in college should be updated, argues Quinn, an Oxford professor of ancient history. She invites us to widen our scope and see the influence of Phoenicia, Assyria, and India, and to revel in a richer, more polyglot inheritance." -- The Boston Globe "Josephine Quinn ranges wide with [her] broad survey of world history. The Oxford history professor shows how the West has always been remarkably global, detailing examples from the past 4000 years if you doubt it. Your high school teacher may have said it all began with Greece and Rome. But Greece and Rome knew how much they learned by interacting with the rest of the world. From Arabic scholarship (surely we all know their primacy in maths) to Assyrian irrigation, the countless examples of ideas beginning in one place and soon darting all over the world are fascinating." -- Parade "As our leaders and pundits glorify 'Western Civilization' and excoriate migration and wokeness, Josephine Quinn offers a momentous correction: the Greeks and Romans were hodgepodge people, and if we are their heirs it is only because of globe-spanning connections that always produce multifarious ways of life. . . . Brilliant and essential." --Samuel Moyn, author of Liberalism Against Itself: Cold War Intellectuals and the Making of Our Times "Bold, beautifully written, and filled with insights, How the World Made the West demands that we challenge traditional views of the past. An extraordinary achievement." --Peter Frankopan, bestselling author of The Earth Transformed "One of the most fascinating works of global history to appear for many years . . . incredibly ambitious and wide-ranging . . . allowing us to understand just how globalized and interconnected mankind has always been." --William Dalrymple, bestselling author of The Anarchy "Engaging, aspirational, and inspirational, How the World Made the West will be devoured by history buffs and should be required reading for those arguing for the supremacy of 'Western Civilization' as well as those arguing for its demise and dismantling, and everyone in between." --Eric Cline, author of 1177 B.C.: The Year Civilization Collapsed "The book traces the stories of an imposing array of different early cultures, always focusing on their relations with others and how each of them drew on their predecessors and contemporaries. Quinn makes a point of reexamining many of the familiar landmarks of ancient history. . . . Even readers with a fairly good knowledge of history are likely to learn something new. . . . A fascinating look at world history from the broadest possible perspective." -- Kirkus Review, starred review
Dewey Edition
23
Dewey Decimal
327.09
Table Of Content
Notes to the Reader Introduction 1. A Single Sail 2. The Palace of Minos 3. The Amber Routes 4. The Erupting Sea 5. Band of Brothers 6. Alphabet City 7. Regime Change 8. I Am Not Your Servant 9. Through the Pillars 10. The Invention of Greece 11. The Assyrian Mediterranean 12. He Who Saw the Deep 13. The Bitter River 14. The King of Kings 15. The Persian Version 16. Continental Thinking 17. Of Elephants and Kings 18. Clouds in the West 19. Fighting for Freedom 20. Rome, Open City 21. Trade Winds 22. Salt Roads 23. The Rise of the Barbarians 24. Kings of the World 25. The Father of Europe 26. The Translation Movement 27. The Sign of the Cross 28. Kalila wa-Dimna 29. The Land of Darkness 30. A New World Acknowledgements Notes Index
Synopsis
An award-winning Oxford history professor "makes a forceful argument and tells a story with great verve" ( The Wall Street Journal )--that the West is, and always has been, truly global. "Those archaic 'Western Civ' classes so many of us took in college should be updated, argues Quinn, [who] invites us to . . . revel in a richer, more polyglot inheritance."-- The Boston Globe A FINANCIAL TIMES AND ECONOMIST BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR (SO FAR) In How the World Made the West , Josephine Quinn poses perhaps the most significant challenge ever to the "civilizational thinking" regarding the origins of Western culture--that is, the idea that civilizations arose separately and distinctly from one another. Rather, she locates the roots of the modern West in everything from the law codes of Babylon, Assyrian irrigation, and the Phoenician art of sail to Indian literature, Arabic scholarship, and the metalworking riders of the Steppe, to name just a few examples. According to Quinn, reducing the backstory of the modern West to a narrative that focuses on Greece and Rome impoverishes our view of the past. This understanding of history would have made no sense to the ancient Greeks and Romans themselves, who understood and discussed their own connections to and borrowings from others. They consistently presented their own culture as the result of contact and exchange. Quinn builds on the writings they left behind with rich analyses of other ancient literary sources like the epic of Gilgamesh, holy texts, and newly discovered records revealing details of everyday life. A work of breathtaking scholarship, How the World Made the West also draws on the material culture of the times in art and artifacts as well as findings from the latest scientific advances in carbon dating and human genetics to thoroughly debunk the myth of the modern West as a self-made miracle. In lively prose and with bracing clarity, as well as through vivid maps and color illustrations, How the World Made the West challenges the stories the West continues to tell about itself. It redefines our understanding of the Western self and civilization in the cosmopolitan world of today., An award-winning Oxford history professor "makes a forceful argument and tells a story with great verve" ( The Wall Street Journal )--that the West is, and always has been, truly global. "Those archaic 'Western Civ' classes so many of us took in college should be updated, argues Quinn, [who] invites us to . . . revel in a richer, more polyglot inheritance."-- The Boston Globe AN ECONOMIST BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR In How the World Made the West , Josephine Quinn poses perhaps the most significant challenge ever to the "civilizational thinking" regarding the origins of Western culture--that is, the idea that civilizations arose separately and distinctly from one another. Rather, she locates the roots of the modern West in everything from the law codes of Babylon, Assyrian irrigation, and the Phoenician art of sail to Indian literature, Arabic scholarship, and the metalworking riders of the Steppe, to name just a few examples. According to Quinn, reducing the backstory of the modern West to a narrative that focuses on Greece and Rome impoverishes our view of the past. This understanding of history would have made no sense to the ancient Greeks and Romans themselves, who understood and discussed their own connections to and borrowings from others. They consistently presented their own culture as the result of contact and exchange. Quinn builds on the writings they left behind with rich analyses of other ancient literary sources like the epic of Gilgamesh, holy texts, and newly discovered records revealing details of everyday life. A work of breathtaking scholarship, How the World Made the West also draws on the material culture of the times in art and artifacts as well as findings from the latest scientific advances in carbon dating and human genetics to thoroughly debunk the myth of the modern West as a self-made miracle. In lively prose and with bracing clarity, as well as through vivid maps and color illustrations, How the World Made the West challenges the stories the West continues to tell about itself. It redefines our understanding of the Western self and civilization in the cosmopolitan world of today.
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CB245.Q5 2024
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